Proverbs 27:5-11

1. 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

2. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

3. 7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

4. 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

5. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

6. 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

7. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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